There is little consistency in canon, with the same troll having portrayed as a beggar, a biologist, and a petty criminal in separate works. Usually, the stories take place in Alternia City, a metropolis with sizable Troll, Human, Consort, and Carapace populations. Usually, the Homestuck canon's Woobie is a criminal mastermind with a copy of the Evil Overlord List, Vriska is a Dirty Cop, and Rose is in charge of her very own SCP Foundation pastiche. There are, however, two very different and distinct "mainstream" canons: the RP canon on DeviantArt and the general fanfic canon on the forums.

This AU also generates a slew of Fan-Art, much of which is indexed on the thread's first page.

Can be found here, with a newer thread here, where it has inspired a currently running radio show that is planned to last for several years, using stories collected from both the old and new threads. The deviantART RP is here. A Tumblr for the deviantArt RP is available here.

Troll Cops provides examples of:

Ancient Artifact: The city is chock-full of Skaian artifacts, many of which are suddenly in working condition after the Green Sun incident.

Subverted with Mr. Pupa, who simply has bionic legs for whenever he feels like walking.

Divergent Character Evolution: Don Strider quickly begins developing a different personality from Dave. Don is much more open with his emotions, thinking that he can die at any time due to being a paradox clone.

Demonic Dummy: Cal, as in Homestuck. But it turns out he was a hallucination.

Five-Man Band: The cops are this, although the order shuffles over time.

Right after Sollux and Aradia join the force, we have:

The Leader: Terezi Pyrope, the veteran who loves justice above all else

Also Egbertman and Crowbro. One, a happy-go-lucky, Lighter and Softer hero who refuses to kill and flies around helping people during the daytime. The other, a hardened vigilante who operates at night and will not hesitate to murder criminals in cold blood.

Wrong Genre Savvy: Hussie, oh so much. As Alternia City's resident crazyvagrant, he objects to the entire AU's existence and believes everything was meant to play out as it does in Homestuck. This frequently lands him in jail or the asylum, for his own safety.

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